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catharsis, page 18

Added 2023-02-01 06:00:51 +0000 UTC

okay, cool, all the little building blocks are set up - there's still some stuff, but i think the end of this scene provides the most basic foundation of the story. we've introduced the core characters, we've introduced some themes, we've introduced the subject of the conflict, we've set up some oddities to elicit intrigue, we've thrown down some color motifs. a lot of priming for the audience in these first few pages. almost 20 at the shorter length, but this would only be page 9 if it was sized like fresh meat.
it looks soooo much like a romcom setup and it's killing me. it WAS originally intended to be a romance, and it just made me uncomfortable, so i guess there's still romance stink on it in some places.

felix kind of Exits Reality here, which is supposed to prime the audience for the next scene, which portrays felix's inner world and reality concurrently. when i first developed felix like 5 years ago, i wanted their comic to have alter interactions and input happen in the white space. i don't visualize well, so the incredible stupidity of this idea wasn't super obvious to me until i tried it out.
still, when i came to this page, i'd been thinking a lot about how the next page would be introduced, and i decided it would be better to take the plunge and try something that i might fail at than not try at all. the alters won't always be in whitespace, but they will occupy it in tandem with reality in panels sometimes.
i also noticed my thumbs are getting bigger on this page... -_-;

charlotte REALLY wanted to duck out of there fast when that topic came up, which is obviously important. i like to imagine she went home immediately and went to bed at the "pretty late" bedtime of like, 7 pm.